15-letter words containing f, o, e, t, a
- caffe macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
- calcareous tufa — tufa
- capital offence — a crime for which the death penalty is used
- castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
- catch (on) fire — to begin burning; ignite
- cauliflowerette — a single floret from the head of a cauliflower.
- cause of action — the facts alleged in a complaint, upon which is based the plaintiff's right to a legal remedy in a court of law
- centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
- change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
- chief constable — A Chief Constable is the officer who is in charge of the police force in a particular county or area in Britain.
- closed fracture — simple fracture.
- cold-water flat — (formerly) an apartment provided with only cold running water, often in a building with no central heating.
- collective farm — (chiefly in Communist countries) a farm or group of farms managed and owned, through the state, by the community
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- comfort blanket — a blanket that a young child is very attached to
- comfortableness — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- confectionaries — a candy; sweetmeat.
- confederate war — the American Civil War.
- confessionalist — an advocate of confessionalism
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- confraternities — Plural form of confraternity.
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- contour feather — any of the feathers that cover the body of an adult bird, apart from the wings and tail, and determine its shape
- contraflow lane — a traffic lane whose normal direction is reversed temporarily
- control surface — a movable surface, such as a rudder, elevator, aileron, etc, that controls an aircraft or rocket
- cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
- counterfactuals — Plural form of counterfactual.
- counterfeisance — the act of counterfeiting
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- court of appeal — A Court of Appeal is a court which deals with appeals against legal judgments.
- court of arches — the court of appeal of the Province of Canterbury, formerly held under the arches of Bow Church
- cream of tartar — Cream of tartar is a white powder used in baking.
- crisis software — A small UK company producing software for the Acorn Archimedes range of computers.
- crystalliferous — producing or containing crystals
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- day of judgment — Judgment Day
- day of the dead — an annual celebration to honor the spirits of the dead, observed in Mexico and other Latin American countries on November 1 and 2, concurrently with All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day.
- day of the lord — Also called Day of Yahweh. (in Old Testament eschatology) a day of final judgment. Amos 5:18–21; Ezek. 30.
- deacidification — a procedure that is carried out to lessen the level of acid present in paper
- deadman's float — a prone floating position, used especially by beginning swimmers, with face downward, legs extended backward, and arms stretched forward.
- dean of faculty — the president of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland
- debathification — The process of removing former members of the ruling Bath party of Iraq from the military and civil office following the ousting of w Saddam Hussein.
- decalcification — the act or process of decalcifying.
- decertification — The act or process of decertifying.
- deformalization — to make less formal; reduce the strictness, preciseness, etc., of.
- defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
- demassification — to cause (society or a social system) to become less uniform or centralized; diversify or decentralize: to demassify the federal government.
- democratifiable — able to be made into a democracy
- demulsification — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.